Hopefully you’ve created a good habit for yourself of regularly checking for updates for Windows, or preferably you’ve turned on the automatic updates.

And I also hope you’ve got your antivirus and internet security software setup to update itself automatically.

If so, you’re miles ahead of many users. But that doesn’t mean you’re in the clear.

There are lots of other programs on most computers that get security updates as well.

Things like Apple Quicktime, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Flash Player and others are installed on a large percentage of computers, either at the factory or along with other software.

Make sure you heed any warnings that pop up on your screen alerting you to new versions. These new versions are often released when a security flaw is found and if you run an insecure version, all the Windows updates in the world may not protect you.